. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . men toascend the sides of the Mountain towered athousand feet above them, whilethe most accessible points werethe two Gaps, each nearly 400feet high. Weve got to reach thetop of those hills somehow,Ralph said. But its onestep forward, and three back-ward. Our men are gaining a little. They show splendid , toiling up the rocky hillsides, the Union forcesmade their painful way. From behind ledges and trees, therebel riflemen marked their slow pro
. The blue and the gray, or, The Civil War as seen by a boy : a story of patriotism and adventure in our war for the Union . men toascend the sides of the Mountain towered athousand feet above them, whilethe most accessible points werethe two Gaps, each nearly 400feet high. Weve got to reach thetop of those hills somehow,Ralph said. But its onestep forward, and three back-ward. Our men are gaining a little. They show splendid , toiling up the rocky hillsides, the Union forcesmade their painful way. From behind ledges and trees, therebel riflemen marked their slow progress, and sent many a manto his death. The company to which Ralph belonged was underReno, and assaulted the southern crest of Turners Gap. Onthe northern crest of the mountain General Hooker, with splendidcourage, kept on. Ralph now realized how desperately men will fight. Heeven felt that hot hatred which two foes ever feel, when pittedagainst each other. He saw the Federal army, scratched andbruised from forcing their way through the brush and over rocks,while the Confederate riflemen poured bullets into their midst. GENERAL AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE.
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